Research Journal, Part 5: Digging into Databases and Books

Research Journal, Part 5: Digging into Databases and Books

Internet/Internet Addiction

Cannell Library Book Catalog

1.  Search Term(s) used: Internet/and Internet addiction
2.  Citation information for one book: (author, title, city of publication, publisher, publication date): Roberts, Kevin J.   Cyber junkie : escape the gaming and Internet trap,  Center City, Minn. Hazelden, 2010
3.  Subject Headings (taken from the Subject Field): Video game addiction, Internet addiction
4.  Is this a Circulating Book or an E-Book? This book is circulating
5. Location and Call Number for the Book:  RC569.5.V53 R63 2010 
6.  What clues in the book record lead you to believe that this book is credible, or trustworthy?  (Remember the ASAP criteria from IRIS): I think this could be a credible since this book includes bibliographical references, and is dated 2010. I couldn't access the references.

The Summit Catalog

1. Search Term(s) used: Internet/ Behavior, Addictive -- psychology.
2. Citation information for one book: (author, title, city of publication, publisher, publication date):   Neils Clark; P Shavaun Scott, Game addiction : the experience and the effects, Jefferson, N.C,  McFarland & Co. 2009
3.  Subject Headings (the field is called “Related Subjects” in Summit)
   • Video game addiction.
   • Video games -- Psychological aspects.
   • Video games and children.
   • Video games and teenagers.
   • Video Games -- adverse effects.
   • Video Games -- psychology.
   • Adolescent.
   • Child.
   • Spielleidenschaft
   • Computer spiel
4.  Location and Call Number for the Book: OCLC Number  277136395/ISBN  9780786443642 0786443642/ Call Number  616.85 C53g 2009 
5. What clues in the book record lead you to believe that this book is credible, or trustworthy? Recent date of publication, also both have had links to their names, they might not have a lot of work in publication but from what I read it seems that they use factual information on the study (documentation on game addiction) 
6.  How did this search differ from the search in the Cannell Library Book Catalog? I feel the only difference was the layout I prefer the Cannell over the Summit it just seemed easier to use. Another thing I noticed was it would just be more convenient to get a book from Cannell
7. Format was book and E-book.

Books 24x7 – IT Pro Collection of E-books


IT Pro Collection seems pretty basic to use, I like how you can pick the date, title, content, and also use additional fields. I think the set up can be used by any person that gets frustrated with looking for research and has difficulties using technology. But one thing I did notice was that when I was looking things up a lot of times it came back with no search results, so I had to modify my topic change description a little. 


Google Books (books.google.com)

1. Search Term(s) used: Internet/Internet addiction
2. Citation information for the book: (author, title, city of publication, publisher, publication date): Mary Manjikian,Threat Talk: The Comparative Politics of Internet Addiction, Farnham Surrey England/Burlington, VT, Ashgate Publishing, 2012 
3. What clues does Google Books provide that lead you to believe this book is trustworthy?  I feel it is since it lets me actually look at the book, and I see that she has cited over sources, and it was a case study. Unfortunately I found no reviews on this book. 

Summarize this unit


By doing these searches I have found that they all can be useful in their own way. I have actually used google books before while doing research and have found some credible resources, plus it is pretty easy to use. I like how it gives you options before you actually finish typing that helps in many cases when I have trouble coming up with something. IT Pro also seemed to be  realistically easy to maneuver through. But I came to a conclusion that all would be helpful, it's nice to have multiple tools to make your research go smoothly.